Very simple : Psychedelic rock it's the same, that was before, but solos are longer, and more selfless. Music is very expressive.Prog is differ from psychedelia. It took many things from classical music, traditional music, ethnic and jazz.

There is a lot of overlap between prog and psychedelia, but the two terms have different meanings Not all prog music is psychedelic and not all psychedelia is prog.

Prog tends to connote a certain degree of complexity and innovation in the music. Odd time signatures, long songs that are not simply extended jams and the influence of non-rock music.

Psychedelia is mainly about an atmosphere or feeling in the music, specifically "trippyness." Lots of reverb, flanging and phasing effects complete with drawn out instrumental sections and abstract lyrics can contribute to this.

To see the difference, look at a band like Cream. Tales of Brave Ulysses is a very psychedelic song, but there's nothing prog about it. Then look at Rush. La Villa Strangiato is very prog, but not at all psychedelic.

Then you have bands like Pink Floyd with feet planted firmly in both camps..

"Prog" in itself is the vast collection of the many sub-genres you can find in PA, and rivers of ink have been spent arguing about its definiton (needless to say without consensus).

Psychedelic is just one of Prog's subgenres, that music focussing on trippy atmospheres, dreamy and ethereal sound effects, often not too complex in terms of composition, structure and arrangements but which can keep itself busy for many minutes of hypnotic rythms and spacy improvisational soloings, ideal for listening to stoned.

Asking "what's the difference between Prog and Psychedelic" is like asking what's the difference between religion and catholicism.

"Prog" in itself is the vast collection of the many sub-genres you can find in PA, and rivers of ink have been spent arguing about its definiton (needless to say without consensus).

Psychedelic is just one of Prog's subgenres, that music focussing on trippy atmospheres, dreamy and ethereal sound effects, often not too complex in terms of composition, structure and arrangements but which can keep itself busy for many minutes of hypnotic rythms and spacy improvisational soloings, ideal for listening to stoned.

Asking "what's the difference between Prog and Psychedelic" is like asking what's the difference between religion and catholicism.

I don't agree with you. Psych can be prog,and prog can be psych but one is not a subset of the other. A Venn diagram would be helpful.

Obviously you won't hear how Psychedelic music influenced Prog by choosing just any Psychedelic album at random or recommended to you because of the artist's popularity in the mad times. Ozric Tentacles were influenced by Hawkwind, Gong, and Steve Hillage. Hawkwind and Gong...Daevid Allen were influenced by Syd Barrett to a degree and Syd Barrett was influenced by American Psychedelic bands like The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and whoknows what else? The Doors used a backdrop of screaming voices in Hell, a strange swirly harpsichord key setting...to back Morrison's poetry in "Horse Latitudes". Very Pink Floyd. Jefferson Airplane recorded a song titled "Lather" on the Crown of Creation album and it not only sounded like a Syd Barrett song, but it contained a style of mixing sound effects between lyrical content ..just as you would hear on a Floyd track like "Juila Dream" (Roger Waters). The influence of Psychedelic is more evident in "Space Rock" or "Krautrock".

Bands like Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson are less Psychedelic regarding tones, time signatures, remain more in a Classical vain, covering up their small usage of sound effects ..although their attempt to change the speed of voices on tape, some usage of strings..for example on Yes' "The Prophet" is still more in a Moody Blues style if anything and all derives from the British Psychedelic genre more than the American. If any British musician took an influence from American Psychedelic, it was changed around and crafted to sound differently and it is hard to indicate. Jon Anderson often said that he was influenced by Simon & Garfunkel. Some people have a difficult time digesting this. Simon and Garfunkel recorded a more darker Folk style ..lyrically and musicially. Lyrically..the songs were about death and misfortune. Musically they were in dark minor keys with odd open string tunings or usage of capos. Yes have more of thAT American Folk influence than pure American Psychedelic fuzz tone guitar with Vanilla Fudge organ. The details are there to see...it just takes a little focus and patience.

In Turn on Your Mind, a book about psychedelic music's history that I'm reading right now, the author (his name is Jim Derogatis) pins the difference on the amount of influence from classical music. Basically, progressive rock has to have classical influence in how the songs are constructed but the psychedelic doesn't necessarily.

He's somewhat inconsistent about how to apply those definitions, though.

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Jon Anderson often said that he was influenced by Simon & Garfunkel. Some people have a difficult time digesting this. Simon and Garfunkel recorded a more darker Folk style ..lyrically and musicially. Lyrically..the songs were about death and misfortune. Musically they were in dark minor keys with odd open string tunings or usage of capos. Yes have more of thAT American Folk influence than pure American Psychedelic fuzz tone guitar with Vanilla Fudge organ. The details are there to see...it just takes a little focus and patience.

People think of Simon & Garfunkel and only consider the massive hits but there was a lot more there. Their 1968 album "Bookends" is very prog to my ears. It begins with a solo guitar piece (like Crimso's Poseidon album) includes one of the first appearances on album of the Moog modular synth (patched by Bob Moog himself!), the song "America" which Yes of course covered, bizarre interviews with old people (very similar to the Godspeed You Black Emporer song "Sleep - They Don't Sleep on the Beach Anymore"), and closes side 1 with a restatement of the opening solo guitar piece (like Crimso repeating variations of "Peace" throughout the Poseidon album). Side 2 has some odd pieces along with the mega-hit Mrs Robinson. S&G are a lot more musically interesting than history has painted them out to be.

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